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Surgery > Diagnostic Testing > Detecting Nuclear, Electromagnetic, Or Ultrasonic Radiation > Ultrasonic > Anatomic Image Produced By Reflective Scanning Anatomic Image Produced By Reflective ScanningAnatomic Image Produced By Reflective Scanning patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.01/11/07 - 20070010745 - Mechanism for ergonomic positioning of a control panel for a diagnostic ultrasound system A diagnostic ultrasound system having an ergonomic positioning mechanism is provided. The ergonomic positioning mechanism includes a table for supporting a control panel used to provide input to the ultrasound system. The table is adapted to be rotatable and translatable such that a user can position the table and control ... 01/11/07 - 20070010744 - Ultrasonographic device A small ultrasound diagnostic device is provided at a low cost that enables the appropriate control by a single power supply unit so as to give a predetermined transmission power to a driving waveform different for each mode without excess or deficiency and without affecting properties of the driving waveform. ... 01/11/07 - 20070010743 - Reference image display method for ultrasonography and ultrasonograph An ultrasonic image 105, 106 is captured by an ultrasonic probe 104. A reference image 111 is obtained by extracting a tomographic image corresponding to the scan plane of the ultrasonic image from volume image data that is pre-obtained by a diagnostic imaging apparatus 102 and that is stored in ... 01/04/07 - 20070004983 - Systems and methods for determining organ wall mass by three-dimensional ultrasound An ultrasound system and method to measure an organ wall weight and mass. When the organ is a bladder, a bladder weight (UEBW) is determined using three-dimensional ultrasound imaging that is acquired using a hand-held or machine controlled ultrasound transceiver. The infravesical region of the bladder is delineated on this ... 12/14/06 - 20060281993 - Measurement method of time varying events in a target body and a method for displaying measurement data of different parameters of a target in which time dependent events occur A measurement method of time varying events in a target body, including the steps of (a) providing time dependent measurements signals of parameters of the time varying events in the target body, (b) providing ecographic M-mode image data whose spatial direction is along scan-lines or along a line or curve ... 11/02/06 - 20060247527 - Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, measuring result display apparatus and method of displaying measuring result An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, which obtains a diagnostic image by scanning a fetus in a mother's body with an ultrasonic wave, including a measurement unit configured to obtain from the diagnostic image fetal measuring results according to a plurality of items; a graph processing unit coupled to the measurement unit ... 10/26/06 - 20060241451 - Ultrasonic diagnostic equipment and method of controlling the same Three times of ultrasonic transmissions are executed in positive, negative and negative polarities with reference to a predetermined rate period, for each of a plurality of ultrasonic scan lines, and echo signals caused and generated by the ultrasonic waves of the respective transmissions are received at the same rates. At ... 10/26/06 - 20060241450 - Ultrasound guided tissue measurement system A tissue guidance system integrates an ultrasound imaging device with a tissue diagnostic probe. Ultrasound imaging is used to guide the tissue probe to the target area. Measurements made by the probe can then be analyzed to determine tissue type or state (e.g., malignant or benign). ... 10/26/06 - 20060241449 - Ultrasound image diagnosis apparatus and an apparatus and method for processing an image display An ultrasound image diagnosis apparatus and an ultrasound image processing method that can automatically display a pair of a cardiac systolic end period image and a cardiac diastolic end period image based on living body signal data. A plurality of ultrasound images are collected from a patient and stored in ... 10/26/06 - 20060241448 - System for producing an ultrasound image using line-based image reconstruction A system for developing an ultrasound image, comprises a scan head having a transducer capable of generating ultrasound energy at a frequency of at least 20 megahertz (MHz), and a processor for receiving ultrasound energy and for generating an ultrasound image at an effective frame rate of at least 200 ... 10/26/06 - 20060241447 - Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present invention comprises a plurality of transducer units which are two-dimensionally arranged to transmit/receive an ultrasonic wave to/from hard tissue; a transceiver unit which receives an echo signal for each transducer unit from the plurality of transducer units; a surface point specifying unit ... 10/26/06 - 20060241446 - Method for synchronization of breathing signal with the capture of ultrasound data A method for producing an ultrasound image comprises monitoring the subject's respiration cycle or waveform, acquiring ultrasound data from the subject, producing an ultrasound image from the received ultrasound data received during the time when the subject's motion due to breathing had substantially stopped. ... 10/26/06 - 20060241445 - Three-dimensional cardial imaging using ultrasound contour reconstruction A method for modeling of an anatomical structure includes acquiring a plurality of ultrasonic images of the anatomical structure using an ultrasonic sensor, at a respective plurality of spatial positions of the ultrasonic sensor. Location and orientation coordinates of the ultrasonic sensor are measured at each of the plurality of ... 10/26/06 - 20060241444 - Ultrasongraphic device An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus is provided that can achieve an excellent image quality even in the case where a subject moves at a high speed. A memory (3) stores a first signal obtained through first-time transmission/reception. When a second signal is obtained through second-time transmission/reception, a delay amount calculator (6) ... 10/19/06 - 20060235302 - Systems and methods for ultrasound imaging Systems and methods are disclosed for improving the resolution and quality of an image formed by signals from an array of receivers. Multiple receivers introduce variations in arrival times that can be less than the period of an operating signal, and also less than the period associated with a sampling ... 10/19/06 - 20060235301 - 3d ultrasound-based instrument for non-invasive measurement of amniotic fluid volume A hand-held 3D ultrasound instrument is disclosed which is used to non-invasively and automatically measure amniotic fluid volume in the uterus requiring a minimum of operator intervention. Using a 2D image-processing algorithm, the instrument gives automatic feedback to the user about where to acquire the 3D image set. The user ... 08/24/06 - 20060189869 - Systems and methods of 3 dimensional ultrasonic imaging of hard tissue A system (60) and method (20) of creating an ultrasonic image (48) of a hard tissue (70) within a target (68). The method (20) includes comprising transmitting (22) from a defined location (64) a beam energy (66) towards the target (68), adjusting (24) the angle of incidence between the beam ... 08/17/06 - 20060184029 - Ultrasound guiding system and method for vascular access and operation mode The present invention provides an ultrasound_medical imaging system with integrated devices and functionalities for use in wide range of medical procedures that require vascular and arterial access. The present invention discloses a method for detection, recognition and classification of blood vessels. Said method further calculates the optimal insertion parameters of ... 07/20/06 - 20060161062 - Blood flow estimates through replenishment curve fitting in ultrasound contrast imaging Method and system for non-invasive quantification of tissue perfusion obtainable by a destruction-reperfusion process that provide a signal representative of local agent concentration during reperfusion, by deriving at least one local tissue perfusion value. The system comprises means for adjusting or relating a function of time with S-shape characteristics to ... 05/25/06 - 20060111634 - User interface for medical imaging including improved pan-zoom control An ultrasonic image scanning system for scanning an organic object that includes a display system for displaying a scanned image of the organic object in a plurality of display modes wherein the display system further includes a user input device sensor for sensing a motion of a user input device ... 04/13/06 - 20060079777 - Ultrasonic image boundary extracting method, ultrasonic image boundary extracting apparatus, and ultrasonic imaging apparatus An ultrasonic image boundary extracting apparatus capable of accurately extracting outlines of tissues based on reception signals respectively output from ultrasonic transducers by receiving ultrasonic echoes. The ultrasonic image boundary extracting apparatus includes: an analysis unit for obtaining an interrelationship among plural reception signals with respect to a region within ... 04/13/06 - 20060079776 - Ultrasonic imaging apparatus Tissue property of a reflector is detected based on plural reception signals outputted from plural ultrasonic transducers by receiving ultrasonic echoes. An ultrasonic imaging apparatus includes: an ultrasonic probe including plural ultrasonic transducers for transmitting ultrasonic waves toward an object to be inspected and receiving ultrasonic waves reflected from the ... 04/13/06 - 20060079775 - Systems and methods for quantification and classification of fluids in human cavities in ultrasound images Ultrasound imaging systems and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, an ultrasongraphy method includes creating a database that is representative of a tissue, a fluid, or a cavity of a body, and transmitting ultrasound pulses into a region-of-interest in a patient. Echoes are received from the region of interest, and ... 03/09/06 - 20060052702 - Ultrasound diagnostics device An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to the present invention includes means for generating a tomographic image from a reflected echo signal received by the probe corresponding to an ultrasound wave transmitted by a probe put on an object to be examined, means for measuring a displacement of the object's tissue ... 02/16/06 - 20060036173 - Ultrasonic cellular tissue screening system Ultrasonic scanning and diagnostics for cellular tissue are disclosed. An ultrasonic probe is moved across cellular tissue at a rate that is synchronized with the image capture rate of the ultrasonic scanner, to achieve a contiguous and complete set of scan images of the tissue. The probe can be held ... 02/16/06 - 20060036172 - Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and ultrasound image processing method An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus which performs diagnosis of a subject to be examined by using an ultrasound probe which emits ultrasound waves and receives the ultrasound waves reflected by the subject, includes a measuring section which measures a motion velocity of local tissue of the subject by using an ultrasound ... 02/02/06 - 20060025686 - Method and apparatus to assess compartment syndrome A method and apparatus for measuring pressure buildup in a body compartment that encases muscular tissue. The method includes assessing the body compartment configuration and identifying the effect of pulsatile components on at least one compartment dimension. This process is used in preventing tissue necrosis, and in decisions of whether ... 02/02/06 - 20060025685 - Laser guided eye measuring device and method for using Laser guided fixation system and method for assuring alignment, constant pressure, and stationary positioning during ultrasound measurement of the eye: The invention employs a stable multi-purpose platform that carries a prior art ultrasonic probe used to measure the axial length of the eye, a projected laser spot as a fixation ... 01/05/06 - 20060004288 - Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and method for controlling the same An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes: a transmitting section for driving an ultrasonic probe sending out an ultrasonic transmitted wave toward a body tissue of an organism; a receiving section for receiving an ultrasonic reflected wave, produced by getting the transmitted wave reflected by the body tissue, through the probe; a ... 12/29/05 - 20050288586 - Electrode location mapping system and method A mapped location of one or more electrodes within an electrical mapping volume is superimposed onto an ultrasound image corresponding to the electrical mapping volume. ... 12/22/05 - 20050283076 - Non-invasive diagnosis of breast cancer using real-time ultrasound strain imaging A series of ultrasound strain images of a breast lesion are acquired along with corresponding B-mode images using a real-time ultrasound strain imaging system and a free-hand technique. A visual assessment of the lesion is made by the sonographer after image acquisition. A conspicuity metric is calculated from the strain ... 12/01/05 - 20050267368 - Ultrasound strain imaging in tissue therapies Disclosed is a system and method for providing ultrasound strain imaging of a soft tissue, such as a prostate, so that the soft tissue may be more precisely targeted during radiation treatment. The system includes a mechanical arm with a pressure interface for applying incremental pressure to the patient's abdomen, ... 11/10/05 - 20050251043 - Method for exploring and displaying tissues fo human or animal origin from a high frequency ultrasound probe A method for displaying scanned ultrasound images of tissue employs an apparatus including an ultrasound probe mounted to a mechanical head. A three-dimensional positioning system mounts the head for positioning the probe in proximate orthogonal relation to the tissue. A computer controls the three-dimensional positioning system thereby moving the probe ... 11/10/05 - 20050251042 - Device and method for measuring elasticity of a human or animal organ and for two-or three-dimensional representation thereof A device for measuring elasticity of a human or animal organ, or viscoelastic environments presenting an ultrasonic signal after ultrasonic illumination and consecutively establishing a representation in two or three dimensions of the elasticity, including at least one ultrasonic bar including a plurality of transducers, an excitor that generates and ... 11/03/05 - 20050245826 - Apparatus for imaging human tissue An apparatus for imaging human tissue includes a piezoelectric crystal probe mounted on a frame for generating imaging data. The probe can be a linear array movable relative to the frame or a fixed matrix. ... 11/03/05 - 20050245825 - System and method for assessing fetal abnormality based on landmarks A method and system for assessing fetal abnormality based on landmarks. According to one embodiment, at least two coordinates are received for each of a plurality of points identifying a configuration of landmarks in a fetal image, and any of the received coordinates of any of the plurality of points ... 10/27/05 - 20050240106 - Frequency domain processing of scanning acoustic imaging signals Method and apparatus useful in the inspection of a target comprises scanning the target with a pulsed acoustic beam, sensing the pulsed beam after it has been modified by interaction with the target, producing a time-domain signal indicative of the modifications, processing the time-domain signal to produce a frequency domain ... 10/27/05 - 20050240105 - Method for reducing electronic artifacts in ultrasound imaging A method for reducing electronic artifacts in ultrasound images of anatomical tissue. At least two calibration signals are received from imaging ultrasound waves that have been reflected from different regions in anatomical tissue. A correction signal is derived from the calibration signals. The correction signal is subtracted from a signal ... 10/13/05 - 20050228280 - Acquisition and display methods and systems for three-dimensional ultrasound imaging An effective method to attain high volume rates in real-time three-dimensional ultrasound imaging is to reduce the lateral scan extent in azimuth and/or elevation. Reducing the scan extent, however, may make it difficult to determine the anatomical orientation during scan, or post-scan review. Anatomical landmark information is provided, with only ... 10/13/05 - 20050228279 - Coherence factor adaptive ultrasound imaging methods and systems Ultrasound imaging adapts as a function of a coherence factor. Various beamforming, image forming or image processing parameters are varied as a function of a coherence factor to improve detail resolution, contrast resolution, dynamic range or SNR. For example, a beamforming parameter such as the transmit or receive aperture size, ... 09/29/05 - 20050215900 - System and method for providing ultrasound images of a target object through a wireless communication network The present invention relates to a system for providing an ultrasound image of a target object, including: ultrasound diagnostic equipment for acquiring ultrasound data from the target object; an image converter for converting ultrasound data into mobile ultrasound data having a data format, which is suitable for transmission through a ... 09/08/05 - 20050197578 - Image display method, program, image display apparatus and image display system An image display method is disclosed. The image display method comprises: a display step of displaying a predetermined image and a dynamic image; a decision step of deciding whether a specific target in said dynamic image is positioned within a display area of said predetermined image; and a signal generating ... 07/28/05 - 20050165308 - Viewing system having means for processing a sequence of ultrasound images for performing a quantitative estimation of f flow in a body organ The invention relates to a viewing system having means for processing a sequence of three-dimensional (3-D) ultrasound images for performing a quantitative estimation of a flow in a body organ. In particular, the invention relates to a medical viewing system and to an image processing method for performing an automatic ... 07/14/05 - 20050154305 - Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus for obtaining an ultrasound image of a subject into which an ultrasound contrast agent mainly composed of microbubbles is injected, comprising a probe configured to transmit/receive an ultrasound wave to/from the subject, a transmission circuit configured to drive the probe to transmit an ultrasound wave while ... 07/14/05 - 20050154304 - Synthetically focused ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system for tissue and flow imaging A synthetic focus ultrasound system is described which is operated in a hybrid fashion. System operation alternates between synthetic focus acquisition and conventional focused beam acquisition. This makes possible, for example, the acquisition and display of harmonic images. Speckle artifacts in the synthetic focused ultrasound images may be reduced by ... 07/14/05 - 20050154303 - Intuitive ultrasonic imaging system and related method thereof A hand held ultrasonic instrument (10) is provided in a portable unit that performs C-Mode imaging and collects 3D image data. In a preferred embodiment a transducer array (60), display unit (20), beamformer (40), power system, and image processor are integrated in one enclosure weighing less than three pounds. In ... 07/14/05 - 20050154302 - System and method of mapping irregularities of hard tissue A system and method of mapping irregularities of hard tissue. The method includes repeatedly transmitting ultra-sonic energy towards the hard tissue at a first angle of incidence, registering the origin of transmission if an echo-reflection the hard tissue is received, defining the origin of transmission in six degrees of freedom, ... 07/07/05 - 20050148872 - Apparatus and method for synthetic focus ultrasonic imaging An ultrasonic imaging apparatus configured to generate synthetic focus ultrasonic images in real-time in a first operation mode, and which is configured to pulse multiple transducers with accurate time delays between each pulse to form images using conventional sum beam-forming and/or focus-and-steer techniques in a second mode, providing a “dual-use” ... 07/07/05 - 20050148871 - Transesophageal ultrasound using a narrow probe Transesophageal echocardiography is implemented using a miniature transversely oriented transducer that is preferably small enough to fit in a 7.5 mm diameter probe, and most preferably small enough to fit in a 5 mm diameter probe. Signal processing techniques improve the depth of penetration to the point where the complete ... 06/30/05 - 20050143655 - Ultrasonic image processing apparatus, ultrasonic image processing method and ultrasonic image processing program An ultrasonic image processing apparatus in which image quality of ultrasonic images can be improved by performing image processing that utilizes image characteristics of the original image. The ultrasonic image processing apparatus processes image data generated based on a signal obtained by scanning an object to be inspected by using ... 06/30/05 - 20050143654 - Systems and methods for segmented volume rendering using a programmable graphics pipeline This document describes systems and methods for, among other things, visualizing 3D volumetric data comprising voxels using different segmentation regions. A segmentation mask vector is associated with each voxel, which defines to which segmentation region that voxel belongs. During the visualization, segmentation masks are interpolated to obtain a vector of ... 06/16/05 - 20050131296 - Ultrasound image reconstruction with receive aperture control Methods for processing ultrasound signals are provided. Processing of ultrasound signals comprises identifying qualified reconstruction channels in a receive aperture, grouping qualified reconstruction channels in the aperture, and preprocessing of selected echo signals using the grouped qualified reconstruction channels to produce reconstruction signals. Additional methodologies comprise comparing a number of ... 06/16/05 - 20050131295 - Volumetric ultrasound imaging system using two-dimensional array transducer Volumetric ultrasound images are created using a two-dimensional array transducer to create multiple beams that diverge in an elevational direction and scan in an azimuthal direction. In one embodiment, ultrasound echoes in three beams positioned adjacent each other in the elevational direction are projected onto respective planes. The volumetric image ... 06/09/05 - 20050124888 - Apparatus, system and method for evaluation of esophageal function A method, system and apparatus for ultrasonically imaging boli that are swallowed, as they are passed through the esophagus. The trajectories of the boli are tracked, and image data corresponding to the esophagus thereby identified. Analysis of boli and esophagus image data enable esophageal parameters correlated thereto to be determined. ... 06/09/05 - 20050124887 - Three dimensional scan conversion of data from mechanically scanned array probes An ultrasonic probe for three dimensional scanning includes a one-dimensional array transducer which is mechanically swept back and forth. As the array transducer is swept in alternating directions echo signals are acquired. The echo signals from successive alternating sweeps of the transducer are used to form a three dimensional image ... 06/09/05 - 20050124886 - System and method for generating ultrasound images having variable spatial compounding An ultrasound diagnostic imaging system and method produces spatially compounded images by combining component image frames acquired from different look directions. Different regions of the spatially compounded images are formed by different numbers of overlapping component frames. As a result, the degree of spatial compounding varies in these regions. The ... 06/09/05 - 20050124885 - Method and apparatus for determining an ultrasound fluid flow centerline A method and associated apparatus are disclosed for determining the location of an effective center of fluid flow in a vessel using an ultrasound apparatus. Ultrasound energy is propagated along an axis of propagation and projects upon the vessel. A Doppler-shifted signal reflected from the fluid in the vessel is ... 06/02/05 - 20050119572 - Probe for 3-dimensional scanning and focusing of an ultrasound beam An ultrasound probe for three-dimensional scanning and focusing of an ultrasound beam in both an azimuth direction and an elevation direction normal to the azimuth direction. The probe is composed of an ultrasound transducer array which has a linear division of the elements in the azimuth direction for electronic steering ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |